thankless

thankless teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: not appreciated or rewarded; ungrateful or unappreciative; {a} unthankful, ungrateful, despised; not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare; Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful; Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task; If you describe a job or task as thankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards. Soccer referees have a thankless task; not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"; {s} ungrateful, unappreciative; unappreciated, unrewarding; not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task
thank: An expression of appreciation; a thought
thanklessly: In a thankless manner, ungratefully
thank: {v} to give or return thanks
thank: express gratitude or appreciation to someone
thank: If you say that something happens no thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they did not help it to happen, or that it happened in spite of them. It is no thanks to the Government that net assets did rise
thank: formulae You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks to politely acknowledge what someone has said to you, especially when they have answered your question or said something nice to you. The policeman smiled at her. `Pretty dog.' --- `Oh well, thank you.' `It's great to see you.' --- `Thanks. Same to you.'
thank: {f} express gratitude
thank: If you say that something happens thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they are responsible for it happening or caused it to happen. It is thanks to this committee that many new sponsors have come forward
thank: credit or hold something responsible
thank: formulae You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks to express your gratitude when someone does something for you or gives you what you want. Thank you very much for your call Thanks for the information Thanks a lot, Suzie. You've been great
thank: If you say that you have someone to thank for something, you mean that you are grateful to them because they caused it to happen. I have her to thank for my life
thank: express gratitude or show appreciation to
thank: When you express your thanks to someone, you express your gratitude to them for something. They accepted their certificates with words of thanks. see also thankyou
thank: To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; used also ironically for blame
thank: feelings You say `Thank God', `Thank Goodness', or `Thank heavens' when you are very relieved about something. I was wrong, thank God Thank heavens we have you here
thank: When you thank someone for something, you express your gratitude to them for it. I thanked them for their long and loyal service When the decision was read out Mrs Gardner thanked the judges
thank: formulae You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks to politely accept or refuse something that has just been offered to you. `You'd like a cup as well, would you, Mr Secombe?' --- `Thank you, Jane, I'd love one.' `Would you like a cigarette?' --- `No thank you.'
thank: emphasis You use thank you or thank you very much in order to say firmly that you do not want someone's help or to tell them that you do not like the way that they are behaving towards you. I can stir my own tea, thank you We know where we can get it, thank you very much
thank: A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; now generally used in the plural
thanklessly: ungratefully, unappreciatively; unrewardingly